I think that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and/or the Food and Drug Administration should investigate a regular practice of a segment of the populace who think it is healthful, not to say nutritious, to eat uncooked meat. This same group also drinks unpasteurized blood. Both foods are prepared by persons without food preparation licenses under uninspected conditions. Federal agencies should be particularly suspicious of the claim, by the purveyors of these foods, that they are in excess of two thousand years old. The opportunity for decay and contamination in an unrefrigerated eating facility in that length of time is staggering.
We know that the Federal Government does not approve of certain parts of a carcass for human consumption but this group of scofflaws refuses to identify the part of their source carcass the meat comes from.
Since the management of these establishments advertises that the meat and blood come from the Mid-East, around Jerusalem, they should be able to display a validated import license.
Was the carcass butchered according to the prevailing standards and practices of that activity or was it simply hacked, flayed and lashed to irregular pieces as was common in ancient barbaric times? Again, inspection is needed to protect the public.
We do note that, contrary to current law, the ingredients list and the nutrition values are not posted where customers of this fare can read them. There is no label of any sort on the blood cup that is used. Until recently, the cup was used communally, a direct violation of the hygiene regulations to prevent the spread of disease.
For the public good, these establishments should be shut down until such time as they and their personnel conform to the laws and standards of this great nation!
